Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Basic

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 basic course

Target student

This course will benefit students who want to learn how to use  Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 to
create and modify Web sites. Students will learn how to plan, define, and create a Web
site; add pages and content; format text; create and apply CSS style rules; create links
and tables; manage images and other files; and publish a site.

After completing this course, students will know how to:

• Discuss basic Internet and HTML concepts, identify the components of the
  Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 workspace, create a custom workspace, edit and format text,
  insert images, preview pages in a browser, identify basic HTML tags, and
  perform basic tasks in Code view.
• Plan and define a Web site, work with the Files panel and the Assets panel,
  create a Web page, import text from external files, set basic page properties, and
  use Find and Replace to update content and code.
• Define a basic page structure, create and modify lists, create CSS style sheets,
  apply styles to text, and create class styles.
• Create tables and nested tables, format rows and cells, merge cells, add rows and
  columns, set fixed and variable widths for tables and columns, and change cell
  borders and padding.
• Create links to other pages and resources, create named anchors and link to
  them, create e-mail links, create image maps, and apply CSS styles to link states.
• Choose appropriate image formats, write effective alternate text, modify image
  properties, and insert and modify background images.
• Check file size and download times, check for broken links and orphaned files,
  cloak files, validate code, connect to a Web server, and upload and update a site.

Before you start using Dreamweaver CS4 to design and create Web sites, you should first understand the basics of the Internet, the Web, and HTML.